Granby Man Charged After Crash

October 21, 2006

SIMSBURY — A 20-year-old Granby man was charged Thursday after driving erratically and crashing into a tree, police said.

William Patrick Dungan of 11 Creamery Hill Road faces charges of operating while registration, license or both are suspended or revoked, reckless driving, evading responsibility, drug paraphernalia, possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana, weapon in a motor vehicle, possession of alcohol by a minor and criminal violation of a protective order. On Friday he was arraigned in Superior Court in Enfield, where his case was continued to Nov. 14.

Police said that at about 5 p.m. a resident alerted them about the incident on West Street and said it appeared one car was chasing another. Dungan's vehicle crashed into a tree at Crescent Way police said.

Police said they found a weapon fashioned from copper and a bottle of vodka in Dungan's car.